DMD + Library Bundles

[Chris Miller]

glen worstell Wrote:

> Chris Miller Wrote:
> 
> > Hey, great news!
> > 
> > ... I got permission to distribute my strange little compiler toolchain "snapshots" to make it easier for you to install D and start working. ...
> > Feel free to contact me and ask for new goodies ...
> 
> OK - It would be wonderful if such a thing could be done for d version 2, which has some significant improvements over version 1.
> 
> It is already pretty easy to install version 1 with tango from existing stuff, but not nearly so easy to install version 2 (and Phobos, which is currently required :( )

For cutting down on time, I was referring specifically to getting a working build of DWT.  It's painful at best for me since it takes so long to compile, and I try real hard to make sure that the same compiler and libraries that make DWT are packaged with the end ZIP file.  If one thing doesn't work, I just start all over again (leaving nothing to chance!)

It's the sort of things that makes me think that someday I'll be able to replace myself with a small shell script.  ;-)



Yeah, I've already given D 2.0 a lot of thought, and I decided it wouldn't be wise for me to start doing that until D 2.0 has a final release.  And until a few friends come too: http://www.fsdev.net/milestone/DMD%20Snapshot%201.0

Note that my assumptions that those things could take a while are just my naïvete.  I have no clue how long that'll take, I just thought it'd be nice to time Snapshot 1.0 to happen at D 2.0.

I can give D 2.0 a go if you like, since there is an experimental D 2.0 branch of the Tango library I thought.  That could possibly make DWT on D 2.0 a reality, though I have no idea really (I'd have to go try it).